CareerBuilder.com Survey: Employers Utilize Social Media Sites to Screen Job Applicants
Jobseekers beware. There is a new trend on the horizon that goes beyond Web 1.0 “brochure-ware” like resumes, referrals from associates or friends, and status quo job seeking activities: social network screening. According to ComputerWorld’s Heather Havenstein’s article, One in Five Employers Uses Social Networks in Hiring Process: “the number of hiring managers turning to social networks like Facebook to...
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Creating an employment campaign with a planned strategy that proactively moves your message of value and your expertise to targeted hiring managers, companies, and industry associations must first begin with research. The first step to researching your desired industry, company, job, hiring manager, or niche begins with identifying your targeted list of people and places that utilize Web 2.0 strategies and blogging in their own...
Read MoreLeverage Linkedin as a Prospecting Tool
As someone who spent 20 years armed with the task of identifying the best prospects for every type of gizmo, garment and service imaginable, I’ve become a huge fan of Linkedin for reasons other than its business networking muscle. I see Linkedin as a rich cooperative business database that gives you the power to shift your prospecting efforts from blind shotgun frenzy to a targeted, strategic campaign. Remember that in any...
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